Minnesota Politicians React After Drone Strike In Jordan Kills 3 American Service Members, Injures Dozens More

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

January 29, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — Politicians from Minnesota are responding after three American service members were killed and dozens more were injured in an unmanned aerial drone attack on a base in Jordan on Sunday, according to military officials.

President Joe Biden blamed the attack on "radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq." He said the attack happened at a base in northeast Jordan, a U.S. ally, close to the border with Syria. A U.S. official said the attack occurred at an outpost known as Tower 22.

The drone strike comes as tensions between the U.S. and Iran's proxies in the region have soared to precarious heights in recent weeks, raising the risk of Israel's war with Iranian-backed Hamas in Gaza erupting into a broader regional conflict.

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